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Evening Standard Crossword November 8 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 133 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword November 8 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 133 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
ForceCOMPEL6Across1 NotionsIDEAS5Across3 Even an expert can go to piecesCRACK5Across3 FolderBINDER6Across5 Dynamic fellow ultimately rising in rankTIGER5Across8 PlanetVENUS5Across8 ProduceYIELD5Across9 SubmergedSUNKEN6Across10 Greets with a tone that's icy!HAILS5Across10 Processed meatMINCE5Across10 NicheALCOVE6Across11 Point of a penNIB3Across11 A number with pointPIN3Across11 ThickDENSE5Across12 A misleading code, perhaps, to the young beginnerDECOY5Across12 ObjectDEMUR5Across12 Is his military career all over?GENERAL7Across13 Large flatfishHALIBUT7Across13 CurseOATH4Across14 Gets out and walks in pleasant placesPARKS5Across15 FruitLEMON5Across15 SpotDOT3Across17 Galoot's girl?GAL3Across18 IlluminatedLIT3Across18 SurrenderCEDE4Across18 Maintenance of a better stronghold?UPKEEP6Across19 Married Spanish womanSENORA6Across19 PlaceSTEAD5Across20 Not strictLENIENT7Across21 Canteen silver?CUTLERY7Across21 Fencing swordEPEE4Across22 HelpedAIDED5Across22 Trouble in PragueAGUE4Across22 Poker stakeANTE4Across23 Bound to back us againSURE4Across23 ExistSUBSIST7Across23 Guilty personCULPRIT7Across24 Little beast always let outLEVERET7Across24 Ski-slopePISTE5Across24 RapscallionRASCAL6Across26 Donations not well received!BRIBES6Across26 Foot-leverPEDAL5Across26 Close friendPAL3Across29 It's sad that some soldiers do soDIE3Across29 PainACHE4Across29 Girl’sHER3Across30 Vapour from waterSTEAM5Across31 Teams taken to be biased?SIDES5Across31 Singer of half poor parts, possibly?POPSTAR7Across32 DreadfulDIRE4Across32 PortionSEGMENT7Across32 SeraglioHAREM5Across33 Male voiceTENOR5Across34 Where a saint gets ahead (at university?)ASTON5Across34 Much reduced welfare!FAR3Across35 Breakfast food itemEGG3Across35 FishTURBOT6Across35 Change shape at some stagePHASE5Across36 Clyde, for exampleRIVER5Across36 BeginnerNOVICE6Across36 CutSEVER5Across37 One who priesSNOOP5Across37 A diminutive flierMIDGE5Across37 Log boatsRAFTS5Across38 Goes gaily on outingsTRIPS5Across38 EvadedDODGED6Across38 JammedWEDGED6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Player with a high-pitched voice?PIPER5Down1 Of the kidneysRENAL5Down1 UniverseCOSMOS6Down1 When a Frenchman joins some guests, don't follow suitRENEGUE7Down2 Special anniversaryJUBILEE7Down2 TinyMINUTE6Down2 WatchedEYED4Down3 Fisherman's dance?REEL4Down4 Composition for twoDUET4Down4 WrinkledLINED5Down4 ExplosionBLAST5Down5 Like the sea when a cutter cleaves through it?CHOPPY6Down5 CharmAMULET6Down5 InactiveIDLE4Down6 Warning deviceSIREN5Down6 You can paddle it both waysKAYAK5Down6 FatedDOOMED6Down7 He'll be about fifty to the goodBLOKE5Down7 ThespianACTOR5Down7 SmelledREEKED6Down8 NothingNIL3Down9 Joe North's drinkGIN3Down9 Delays while everything fades outDALLIES7Down12 Having a sense of dutyDUTIFUL7Down12 LouderNOISIER7Down13 Rubbish holderBIN3Down14 Early leaver?RAT3Down14 HurryHASTE5Down16 Convincingly disagree with a nasty bruteREBUT5Down16 ClimbMOUNT5Down16 Spots small items of foodSPIES5Down17 Without clothesNAKED5Down17 QuotedCITED5Down18 PhotographerSNAPPER7Down19 PreventDEBAR5Down19 Encouraged to break ground out EastURGEDON7Down19 In a small way, they stand out pointedlyBARBS5Down20 RipsTEARS5Down20 Erotic youngster detectives hold upCUPID5Down21 OwingDUE3Down21 Rental contractLEASE5Down21 SerpentASP3Down22 Minor illnessAILMENT7Down23 Chooses to sit around collecting feesSEESFIT7Down23 In a minor way, saints look knowingly aroundLESSER6Down24 GaspedPANTED6Down24 Take photos with thisCAMERA6Down24 ApportionedSHARED6Down25 Let her do so at full speed!RIP3Down25 Torn clothRAG3Down25 PlungingDIVING6Down27 GarretATTIC5Down27 A blow in the side?RIGHT5Down27 Not really the type to live a bit chastely!BEAST5Down28 MythLEGEND6Down28 Provide foodCATER5Down28 LoathedHATED5Down30 Gold barINGOT5Down30 Great, perhaps even regalLARGE5Down30 RenovateRENEW5Down31 Opposite of hardSOFT4Down32 It also goes up high at the sternPOOP4Down32 Just a little short of up to dateTAD3Down33 StockingsHOSE4Down33 Personal prideEGO3Down33 AdditionalMORE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, November 8, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.